The National Science Foundation has awarded more than $1.7 million to Mote Marine Laboratory. The foundation issued the amount out in two different awards. ABC-7 reports the first was around $277,000 for a project... Read More.

E-cigarette use among high school and middle school aged students is being called an epidemic. The Department of Health said locally more than 40% of high school aged teens say they have tried... Read More.

Standing in front of a hissing, squirming 12-foot-long python Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s doubling resources to remove the invasive species that’s destroying the natural food chain in Florida’s delicate Everglades. The state... Read More.

A Bradenton woman has been appointed to a state board by Florida Senate President, Bill Galvano. Ms. Toni Azinger will now represent the Senate on the statewide council on Human Trafficking Direct Support... Read More.

Mosquito control crews in Sarasota County are working overtime after officials say more larvae have reached the flying stage. Making matters worse is the nearly 14 inches of rain picked up at Sarasota International... Read More.

Sarasota County Schools Police Department is now fully staffed.The department has 83 employees, 60 of which are sworn officers and 23 are working with school safety and security. This coming school year, every public... Read More.

A Fort Myers drug dealer who sold fentanyl that killed a man has been sentenced to more than two decades behind bars. Gregory Apicella, 52, will spend 24 years and four months in federal... Read More.

The city of Sarasota is in need of more part-time lifeguards to rotate between three different pools. Sarasota has seen a shortage of lifeguards the last couple of summers and it is something that... Read More.